Comm Serv soared today and is now back in first place YTD (still trailing Energy by 0.1% MTD); Tech did well today, too, but is still down by nearly 4% MTD … NASDAQ’s 2% gain today bumped it to third place YTD; small caps did well but didn’t outpace large caps (and they continue… pic.twitter.com/HAiuVWX0FF

March personal income (blue) +0.5% month/month vs. +0.5% est. & +0.3% prior … personal spending +0.8% vs. +0.6% est. & +0.8% prior pic.twitter.com/FsQFY4mXGU

This week’s #markets were supposed to be mainly about earnings, with macro taking more of a back seat ahead of next week’s US #jobs data, the #FederalReserve meeting, #China’s PMI, etc (more on this in the weekly look ahead that I will post later). Earnings did have a notable… pic.twitter.com/8lYAakVct5

Per below, the whole US yield curve shifted up in reaction to the data (see prior post), including the 2-year which traded above 5% as markets pushed to December the expectation of the first rate cut by the #FederalReserve. (Amazing to think that, just four months ago, #markets… pic.twitter.com/gmZDG1xxGU